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WHAT: Release of "Surveillance for Violent Deaths --
National Violent Death Reporting
System, 16 States, 2005." The surveillance
summary includes data related to homicides, suicides,
deaths of undetermined intent, and unintentional firearm
deaths. The summary also provides an overview of special
topics, including: incidents of homicide followed by
suicide; infant and child deaths; intimate partner
homicide; legal intervention; and suicides among former
and current military personnel.
NVDRS provides experts with a more comprehensive picture
of the circumstances surrounding violent deaths. The
system combines information from toxicology reports, crime
reports, medical/coroners reports, death certificates, and
other reports related to each death and provides clues
about involvement of intimate partner conflict; mental
health problems, diagnosis, or treatment; and drug or
alcohol use at the time of violent death.
WHO: The data in this report was collected by 16 states:
Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah,
Wisconsin, and Virginia. NVDRS is funded in 17 states,
however data from California was not included because
NVDRS has only been implemented in a limited number of
California counties.
WHEN: The April 11, 2008 issue of MMWR Surveillance
Summaries will be available online:
Thursday, April 10, 2008
at 12:00 p.m. ET
The full report and information about the NVDRS can be
found on the CDC Injury Center's website at
www.cdc.gov/injury.
CONTACT: CDC's
Injury
Center Media Relations,+1-770-488-4902
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, /PRNewswire-USNewswire
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